Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk Vol. 1: Otaku X Punk 1

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Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2021-09-10. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10 . Retrieved 2021-10-13. The side characters are surprisingly strong, it’s an all male main cast, but everybody is full of secrets or a little more layered than you’d expect. Except that one guy they introduce at the end, who I didn’t especially like, but on the balance this is a good group.

a b c d "お互いが好きになったのは嫌いな男子の女装姿？勘違いコメディ1巻、描き下ろしも". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2019-02-10. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. Rosner, Elias (2022-05-30). "Soliciting Multiversity: Top 15 Manga for August 2022". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20 . Retrieved 2022-12-27. Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk Vol. 7". Edelweiss+. Above the Treeline. Archived from the original on 2023-03-31 . Retrieved 2023-04-01. a b "女装してめんどくさい事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い". MAGXIV (in Japanese). Mag Garden. Archived from the original on 2023-03-01 . Retrieved 2023-11-27. Hana is a lovely young worker at a maid cafe who has caught the eye of the brash, yet timid, Mei. The two of them have massive crushes on one another, which would make for a whole other genre if the two of them weren’t actually guys in disguise. Who can’t stand one another in “real” life. Oops.a b c "Anziehend anders". Koneko [ de] (in German). No.110. Raptor Publishing. May–June 2022. p.87. Both Hanae and Satogiri also fall in love quite easily. When Satogiri spots Hanae (as "Hana") tending tables at a maid café, the delinquent (as "Mei") pursues the otaku via the not-so-subtle pretenses of workplace patronage. It's up in the air as to how soon these two idiots will actually realize the other person stresses over how the other thinks and feels, but that's part of the gag. Importantly, in CROSSPLAY LOVE: OTAKU x PUNK v1, crossdressing isn't the joke; crossdressing is the vehicle through which all of the manga's humor and social commentary traverse. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2022-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-02-09 . Retrieved 2022-02-09. What follows is a comedy of errors and "will they or won't they find out?" as the boys run into each other in different combinations of both personas, and as their very different friends become involved, too, taking things into Shakespearian-comedy territory. The one part I'm kind of meh on is how different Hanae and Hana look and act. The same was true for the cosplayer Udon-san, at least on the looks front - he explains how you can completely change your eyes etc with the right tools and makeup, which is kind of true, but it also just doesn't feel like Toru was trying that hard to make the characters' designs consistent.

This friend immediately pegs Hana as a crossdressing guy but doesn't tell Shuumei or discourage him from pursuing his love, so I'll be interested to see how that turns out, too. I like that he's just supporting his best friend in anything he wants. Nonetheless, it’s silly fun and really kind of charming. Hanae’s initial narration is pretty savage and I thought we were in for some serious judgemental manga, but it’s thankfully just a reflection on his self-loathing and poor esteem. There’s basically zero hesitation on Shuumei’s part to shed his punk aesthetic and dress like a girl if it gets him closer to Hana. Yuuma does not realize that Shuumei is a man, and falls in love with him, too – but since Yuuma dislikes delinquents and Shuumei dislikes gloomy people, both must keep the other from learning the truth of who they are. [1] [3] Other characters include Shuumei's childhood friend Yuzuru Tanigami, [g] who sees through Yuuma's and Shuumei's disguises but pretends not to. [3] Production and release [ edit ] Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2023-02-09. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11 . Retrieved 2023-02-12. Bonus #2: Shimazaki and the Trail He Blazed" ( 描き下ろし② 嶋崎と新開拓, Kakioroshi 2: Shimazaki to Shinkaitaku)a b c d e Hiiko (2018-05-10). "これはBL？ それともGL？ 女装コンビの両片思いがめんどくさくて愛おしい". NLab (in Japanese). IT Media. pp.1–2. Archived from the original on 2022-12-24 . Retrieved 2022-12-27.

Kakioroshi 1: Sayu to Konomi no Otoko no Ko" ( 描き下ろし① さゆと好みの男の子, "Bonus #1: Sayu and the Boy She Likes") Crossplay Love was nominated for the 2019 Next Manga Award [31] and the 2020 Denshi Comic Awards [ ja], [32] the latter of which called it a great series with an intriguing premise. [33] The manga's web edition had been viewed 15 million times as of February 2019, [34] and was popular with readers. [4] Animania [ de] and Splashcomics both considered it a good cross-dressing comedy for fans of the genre, recommending it to readers who have enjoyed similar manga like Mikiyo Tsuda's Princess Princess. [35] [36] Crunchyroll News recommended it to readers who like "fluffy" romantic comedies, and included it in a feature on "fantastic" LGBTQ manga. [37] Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2019-12-10. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. Yuuma Hanae, [c] a gloomy student, works at the Taishō era-themed maid café Roman as a waitress, where he as part of his job cross-dresses in a kimono-inspired dress and goes by the feminine name Hana. [d] Shuumei Satogiri, [e] a delinquent at the same school, mistakes Yuuma for a woman and falls in love with him, but is afraid of approaching him, so he disguises himself as a woman, and becomes a regular at Roman as his female alter ego Mei. [f] [1] [3]Da Vinci (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. 2019-06-23. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20 . Retrieved 2021-05-21.